Community college enrollment has suffered during the pandemic. Although this came as a surprise to community college administrators, it should not have. In the past…
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The administration at Washtenaw Community College has incurred $20M in deferred maintenance projects around the campus. Deferred maintenance is repair work on buildings and systems that should have been done and was instead put off.
Taxpayers provided WCC with the money it needed to perform all necessary maintenance. Instead of using the money to repair buildings and critical systems, the administration has spent the money on other priorities.
On Thursday, I wrote about the earning potential a Washtenaw Community College grad has compared to the earning potential of graduates from other Michigan community…
Kansas City will use $4.2M from the city’s General Fund to prop up the T-Mobile Center, the city’s multipurpose arena. The funds will pay for…
Hudson Valley Community College plans to grow its Malta campus with a $12.5M expansion. But it doesn’t plan to issue bonds or seek taxpayer support…
Colleges and universities in Alabama are waiving application fees this week as institutions observe “Alabama College Application Week.” The state hopes to see thousands of…
On Thursday, I wrote about Erie Community College and the recommendation it received to close two campus buildings. ECC contracted an architectural firm to assess…
Erie Community College in Buffalo, NY is evaluating an architectural firm’s recommendation that it close two South Campus buildings. The report also recommended spending nearly…
Some students at Kansas City Kansas Community College have found themselves locked out of their student housing, thanks to mold. KCKCC leases three apartment buildings…
For the last couple of days, I’ve written about the federal support given to community colleges, and how colleges have used it. Community colleges have…
Before I get into this, the Health and Fitness Center at WCC opened in 2007. This 75,000-square-foot facility is 14 years old. For a commercial…